AMD Vision A10-6790K APU Review

1. Introduction2. The AMD A10-6790K APU3. Testing Methodology and Overclocking4. Synthetic: PCMark 85. Synthetic: 3DMark6. Synthetic: 3Dmark 117. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage8. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven9. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201310. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.511. Synthetic: Cinebench R1512. Synthetic: Super Pi13. Real World: WinRAR14. Real World: MKV Playback15. Real World: Media Encoding16. Gaming: Battlefield 417. Gaming: Call of Duty Black Ops 218. Gaming: DiRT Showdown19. Technical: Power Consumption20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

Overall we are impressed with what the AMD Vision A10-6790K APU offers. While there isn't much to choose between this and the A10-6800K, the small price saving is likely to sway a number of users considering the performance gap can be compensated for by some very simple overclocking.

We weren't able to achieve such a good overclock with the A10-6790K as we did with the A10-6800K, yielding only 4.5 GHz compared to 4.7 GHz.  This is likely down to the ‘silicon lottery', however we would certainly recommend the A10-6800K for those users who are looking to achieve the most impressive overclock.

In our testing we compared the A10-6790K APU to the slightly more expensive Intel Core i5-4430.  The common theme throughout our testing showed significantly better CPU performance from the Intel 4430 and significantly better graphics performance from the AMD 6790K.

We would therefore say that the A10-6790K is better suited to those users who plan to engage in casual gaming and relatively demanding multimedia activities.

Although the AMD Vision A10-6790K is not yet on sale in the UK, the market price is $10 less than that of the A10-6800K which can be purchased for £110 from Overclockers UK.  We would therefore imagine that the A10-6790K will be priced at around £105 when it comes to market.

At this price, we would be tempted to pay the extra £5 and go for the 6800K, however, most users probably wouldn't notice the difference between the two.

Pros:

• Impressive graphics performance.
• Unlocked multiplier.
• Small cost saving over A10-6800K.

Cons:

• Intel still retains the edge in raw CPU processing performance.

KitGuru says: The AMD A10-6790K exhibits significantly better graphics performance than Intel's i5 4430.

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